Good for nothing, but ready for anything, the clown is anchored
in our hearts as a figure close to childhood that brings to our adult
lives a fresh outlook, extremely direct and simple.

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y bringing it to the stage we learn to just be there facing the world, at once
brilliant and useless, and to receive the audience’s witnessing as a bridge
that encourages us to cross into the unknown.

In a space where “I and play” pass the buck, where
“child and adult” reconcile themselves with confidence and transparency,
we reveal our limitations, our failures, our confusions,
our wanderings, and more importantly, our desires to live and to offer
who and what we are to the world.
This training, original in its intensive method, takes up the themes dear to
Alain that punctuate the ways of the Clown: Listening,
Trust,
Presence,
and Freedom.

Protected by this little red mask, participants will learn and celebrate the
different rules of the game the Clown has to offer:
availability, fun, imagination, spontaneity, expression, play, contact, etc.

The work proposal will include:

games, performance and contact dynamics

initiation with “the self on stage”

becoming aware of the inner child

the rules of the Clown

listening to one’s body, one’s feelings and one’s imagination

listening to others and to the group

listening to music and silences

opening up and sharing ... Sharing and opening up!

learning to be transparent and simply reveal one’s essence

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lain Vigneau is a clown and theatre director. He was born in France
and has been living in Spain since 1989, where he directs the theatre
"La Stravagante", and where has worked with the international organisation
"Clowns without Borders". For several years, he has been teaching training
courses in art therapy and drama therapy, and leading workshops in South
America and Europe that combine clown and psychotherapy ("Clown essencial").
Many people, during the SAT Programme workshops have met him and gained
insight into his exceptional work that is enjoyed and valued by all.
He is, internationally, one of the major representatives of the theatrical
work created in collaboration with Claudio Naranjo within the SAT Programme.

Module 1:

Dates:

From the 9th to the 13th of May 2018

Participation fee:

600 € For all registrations before the 9th of February, the cost is 520,- Euro

« The work is overwhelming!
My heart is still inflamed when thinking about the lived experience!
Without fear of exaggeration, Alain Vigneau has just changed my life forever! »
Roberta, actress (2017)

« I struggle to put into words how the way of the clown was.... the sharing,
laughter, tears, intimacy, joy, fear (at being seen just as I am) and
vulnerability - is something I have never experienced in this way before.
To be seen by others, to have fun and play with serious material and
work with the paradoxes of this - well it is special and unique and stays
in my heart always. If anyone gets the opportunity to do this - grab
it with both hands. It is a priceless gift for yourself and all those
in your life... Grab it! »
Jamie, doctor (2017)

“Working with Alain is to stand facing the void, daring to do
a double somersault knowing that his tenderness and sensitivity are there
to receive us!”
Cherif

“Alain is an artist who composes masterpieces of hope with the broken pencils of our troubled stories”
James, coach

“The clown blew on the almost dying embers of a distant creative
path. Thanks to its imprint, deep inside, my heart laughs at very high
decibels, while on the outside, I breathe more calmly in everyday life”Sandra, lawyer

“The meeting with Alain has allowed us to discover ourselves in the midst
of others, and to face ourselves being amongst and with the world, the
implacable reality of our childhoods, our anguish, our fears...
The clown link is good for us, so share it with your neighbors, friends
and families; it is a long path, so courage to all, and enjoy those much
needed moments spent together, a clown friend!”
Ludovic, rural policeman

“Thank you for these memorable moments, the hearty laughter and
the tears expressed or contained... I feel alive, happy to have reconnected
with one of my childhood dreams, grateful to have had so much fun with
you”
Marie Claire, therapist and coach